• Alternate headline: Which Member Of The National Honor Society Has Two Thumbs And Just Lost A Hero? This Rip Hamilton fan, that's who.

As stunned coaches and teammates watched, Hamilton bellowed at Kuester that he had been a failure in his two seasons in Detroit, blown the opportunity the franchise afforded him and was nothing more than a career assistant coach, sources said. Despite Hamilton yelling within inches of him, Kuester didn't respond. [Adrian Wojnarowski/Yahoo]

• Duke lost to Virginia Tech in college hoops last night. Let's assess blame: "Down 63-60, Duke took a timeout with 12.7 seconds left. Duke's Seth Curry, son of former Hokie great Dell Curry, lost his handle on the ball when Malcolm Delaney got a piece of it, and Allen came up with it with about two seconds left. Allen raised his fist and roared after being fouled with 1.6 seconds to go, and clapped his hands. Allen made one of two free throws to seal the signature win the Hokies had desired." [Roanoke Times]

• The Kentucky Wildcats won their 33rd home game in a row. John Calipari coached his 500th win. [Herald-Leader]

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• And, finally, from the "Hickey's Biased" coverage files … If Ryan Howard's first at-bat of last postseason was as good as his first at-bat of this preseason, well, the NLCS still wouldn't gone seven games. But the Phillies beat the Yankees in the first game of Spring Training [ESPN]. As much as I hate putting anybody on par with the wonderful commenters here, this thread on a "story" about alleged TSA-ism is a thing of creative beauty. Aside from a few perverts [SayUncle].